Wrapping up for the year - 12 days of payments
Our Payments team are celebrating the festive season by bringing you 12 days of payments with key developments on the agenda for the payments industry in the New Year. Day 1 - S.C.A. No, not the Santa...
View ArticleCorporate Claims Bulletin: November 2019 edition
Practice and procedure Wickes Building Supplies Ltd v Blair [2019] EWCA Civ 1934 An employee had an accident at work. The court had to determine whether the claimant should be allowed to rely upon a...
View ArticlePension dates in December
Although it’s nearing Christmas, it’s not quite time for trustees and sponsors to down tools yet. There are still some things to think about this year and some key pensions dates in December. (And...
View ArticleSpeed read: Useful November 2019 guidelines on controller, processor and...
Summary On 7 November 2019 the EDPS issued guidance on how to determine who is a controller, processor and joint controller. The EDPS is an independent supervisory authority whose primary objective is...
View ArticleSMCR rollout: are you ready? 5 key points to check
On 9 December 2019, the senior managers and certification regime (SMCR) will be extended across the financial services sector. Deposit takers and certain PRA-regulated investment banks have already...
View ArticleThe impact of the Competition Amendment Act on the Mining Sector
On 12 July 2019, certain provisions of the Competition Amendment Act 18 of 2008 (“Amendment Act”) came into effect. This article deals with specific noteworthy amendments which impact the mining...
View ArticleThe Dos and Donts in Durban this Festive Season
Statistics Earlier this year the Former Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande, announced during the preliminary Festive Season Road Safety Report which covered the period from 1 December 2018 to 8...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to the ECC: Part 2: What we know after 2 years
The Electronic Communications Code will be 2 years old on 28 December 2019. So what do we know in light of the first cases? Conferral of Code Rights Paragraph 9 of the Code is clear, only an occupier...
View ArticleShow me the Money! - The SFC Moves to Regulate Depositaries of...
The SFC Moves to Regulate Depositaries of SFC-authorised Collective Investment Schemes In September 2019, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (the “SFC”) issued a Consultation Paper...
View ArticleEducation briefing - The OfS end of term report 2019 - and what to look...
2019 was the year that the new regulatory landscape for Higher Education came to fruition. Although the Office for Students (OfS) was established on 1 January 2018, it was not until 1 August 2019...
View ArticleNew Thresholds under the Procurement Regulations
The new thresholds which come into effect on 1 January 2020 for the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, Concessions Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Defence and...
View ArticleThe new Italian Law on Class actions and its impact on the current private...
The Italian legislation on private antitrust enforcement (Legislative Decree no. 3 of 19 January 2017 - Decree) has implemented the EU Directive no. 2014/104. The Decree sets out the rules according...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling to impact on registration of town and village greens
The Supreme Court has issued an important decision which considers whether land can be registered as a town or village green where that land has been acquired by a statutory undertaker and is held for...
View ArticleThe General Election result: what next for employment law?
With the Conservative Party winning a majority in the General Election, we consider the implications for employment law below. Manifesto commitments Low-paid work and the gig economy The manifesto...
View ArticleRequirements for Providing Guarantees
Simply put, a guarantee is a promise by one person to perform on behalf of another. It usually takes the form of an agreement to pay for, or effect performance of, certain obligations by the guarantor...
View ArticleThe 12 employment cases of 2019
As the year draws to a close we highlight 12 of the most significant employment law cases of 2019: Working time Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd: CA ruled an “equivalent period of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to the ECC: Part 3: Whats to come?
The Electronic Communications Code will be 2 years old on 28 December 2019. We have looked at what we know so far and, in this part, we consider the next issues likely to arise. Transitional...
View ArticleIntroduction of disclosure obligations on the integration of ESG factors and...
The European Commission published new Regulations on harmonised requirements in respect of sustainability-related disclosures and benchmarks contributing to sustainable finance (EU/2019/2089) (the...
View ArticleUK labour law quarterly update December 2019
Welcome to our December UK labour law quarterly update. This edition contains the following content: News round-up The Conservative General Election win: impact on labour law? IWGB gig economy...
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